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clomipramine

clomipramine

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A medicine used to treat depression and obsessive-compulsive disorder
  • noun
  • /kloʊˈmɪprəˌmiːn/
  • Specialized
: clomipramina
  • The medication helped, but I never got true relief until she switched my medication—six years after my daughter's birth—to Clomipramine.

Examples

  • Clomipramine is often prescribed for patients suffering from obsessive-compulsive disorder.

  • Dr. Sevanias takes me off Prozac, which has not worked its miracles, and starts me on Clomipramine.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • I'm gonna put her on a product called clomipramine.

    Tabula Rasa (2018)

  • 16 Clomipramine; saline (placebo) 0; 0

    Academic text (2016)

  • After discussing his symptoms, the doctor recommended clomipramine as a treatment option for depression.

  • Many users report that clomipramine has significantly improved their quality of life by reducing anxiety.

Surface Forms

clomipramine singular
clomipramines plural

Etymology

Clomipramine comes from the chemical part chloro- meaning 'chlorine' and the older drug imipramine, because it is basically imipramine with a chlorine added. So, clomipramine is a related antidepressant medicine used to treat obsessive-compulsive disorder and depression.